Panel: Shuttle wing panel may have separated in flight
A "carrier panel" may have separated from the Space Shuttle Columbia's wing during its second day of flight, according to members of a panel investigating the Feb. 1 loss of the shuttle. Testing of components at Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, indicates that a carrier panel "looks like our...
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